1976–77 in Scottish football

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| header1 = Premier Division champions

| data2 = Celtic

| header3 =First Division champions

| data4 = St Mirren

| header5 = Second Division champions

| data6 = Stirling Albion

| header7 = Scottish Cup winners

| data8 = Celtic

| header9 = League Cup winners

| data10 = Aberdeen

| header11 = Junior Cup winners

| data12 = Kilbirnie Ladeside

| header13 = Teams in Europe

| data14 = Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Rangers

| header15 = Scotland national team

| data16 = 1977 BHC, 1978 World Cup qualification

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Season 1976–1977 was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 80th season of Scottish league football.

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After the failure of the Spring Cup and the 26-game season in the First and Second Divisions, a 39-game season was instituted in these divisions with a slight imbalance in the number of home and away games played by each team; however, this was seen as preferable to a lengthy 52-game season.

Scottish Premier Division

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Hearts, Kilmarnock

Scottish League First Division

Promoted: St. Mirren, Clydebank

Relegated: Raith Rovers, Falkirk

Scottish League Second Division

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Alloa Athletic

Cup honours

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align=left\|Scottish Cup 1976–77 \|Celtic \|1 – 0 \|Rangers
align=left\|League Cup 1976–77 \|Aberdeen \|2 – 1 {{aet}} \|Celtic
align=left\|Junior Cup \|Kilbirnie Ladeside \|3 – 1 \|Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

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width=140|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left|Scottish Cup 1976–77

|Celtic

|1 – 0

|Rangers

align=left|League Cup 1976–77

|Aberdeen

|2 – 1 {{aet}}

|Celtic

align=left|Junior Cup

|Kilbirnie Ladeside

|3 – 1

|Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Other honours

=National=

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align=left\|Scottish Qualifying Cup - North \|Peterhead \|2 – 1 \|Inverness Caledonian
align=left\|Scottish Qualifying Cup - South \|Selkirk \|2 – 1 * {{dagger}} \|Civil Service Strollers

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!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup - North

|Peterhead

|2 – 1

|Inverness Caledonian

align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup - South

|Selkirk

|2 – 1 * {{dagger}}

|Civil Service Strollers

=County=

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align=left\|Aberdeenshire Cup \|Peterhead \| \|
align=left\|Ayrshire Cup \|Ayr United \|2 – 2 {{double dagger}} \|Kilmarnock
align=left\|East of Scotland Shield \|Hibernian \|1 – 0 \|Hearts
align=left\|Fife Cup \|Dunfermline Athletic \|5 – 2 * \|Cowdenbeath
align=left\|Forfarshire Cup \|Dundee United \|3 – 0 \|Arbroath
align=left\|Lanarkshire Cup \|Motherwell \| \|Airdrie
align=left\|Renfrewshire Cup \|St Mirren \|5 – 2 * \|Morton
align=left\|Stirlingshire Cup \|Stirling Albion \|0 – 0 {{double dagger}} \|Clydebank

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width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup

|Peterhead

align=left|Ayrshire Cup

|Ayr United

|2 – 2 {{double dagger}}

|Kilmarnock

align=left|East of Scotland Shield